Louisville (9-2) was outdone by a Houston team that saw its own playoff hopes foiled by two losses to unranked teams after a 5-0 start.

Things went wrong quickly for the mistake-prone Cardinals when they fumbled the opening kickoff to Houston (9-2). Greg Ward threw his first touchdown pass on the next play to make it 7-0. Brandon Radcliff lost a fumble later in the first...

Tim Tebow showcased his baseball skills Tuesday before a bevy of scouts on the USC campus, in a spectacle broadcast by dozens of television cameras, many live.
The 29-year-old former college All-American and NFL quarterback ran a 60-yard dash, threw,...

Birds choose the safest trees to build their nests. In the Florida Everglades, that means living directly above alligator-infested water.
If that sounds like a perilous choice, consider this: Egrets, heron and other long-legged wading birds of the...

Debra Black insists she is “not a thief.”She says she rolled her electric wheelchair out of the Goodwill Industries store in Tustin after inadvertently neglecting to pay for a few items. The pack of purple napkins, headband and small purse came to...

The debate over genetically modified organisms in our food is one of our two most politicized scientific discussions, along with those on climate change.
In each case, the scientific consensus is firmly on one side: that GMOs are safe,...

You can't spread it with a cough, sneeze or kiss, but workplace rudeness is still contagious, researchers say.
People who encounter rude behavior from co-workers are more likely to act rudely in later interactions, according to a recent University of...

For a Western town that gangster Al Capone once described as a little too rough for him, Ogden today looks pretty staid and dowdy.
A tired 1950s-style welcome arch hangs over downtown's main thoroughfare. The Utah city has so little in the way of glitz...

A never-before-seen species of firefly was just discovered in the Santa Monica mountains, in Topanga.
It's just a little guy — about half a centimeter long. It does glow, but faintly. Experts say it has nothing on its beaming East Coast...

A 65-year-old woman was killed in an apparent shark attack off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, on Wednesday: According to statements by the County of Maui, Margaret C. Cruse had been snorkeling with friends and was found floating alone in the water. She had...

In the wake of the Duke/Wisconsin Final 4 matchup, here's a new college ranking, one that points to something with cultural heft: the top 50 college museums in the United States.
University of California, Berkeley -- with six natural history...

When a group of Oregon football players chanted "No means no" after their Rose Bowl victory over Florida State, an unmistakable taunting reference to the rape accusations against Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston, the moment demonstrated...

A new genetic map of nearly all living birds has shaken the avian evolutionary tree, scattering some species to new perches and adding odd flourishes to their tales.
Parrots roost closer to songbirds, a tiny wren shares a murderous lineage with the...

Will Muschamp has been fired as the Florida Gators’ head coach, two sources confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel.
UF announced the decision in a news release shortly after 1 p.m.
"Upon evaluation of our football program, we are not where the...

Florida Gators backup freshman quarterback Treon Harris has been suspended indefinitely from team activities after he was accused of sexually assaulting a female student on Sunday.
Florida's sports information department released this statement:...

Could medical marijuana be an antidote for the nation's scourge of fatal overdoses caused by prescription pain medication? A new study suggests the answer is yes, and it's set off a flurry of medical debate over the risks and benefits of making cannabis...

The Florida panther nearly died out in the 1990s, but conservation efforts since then have more than quadrupled the number of the endangered cats -- and research shows that may be bad news for cattle ranchers.
For centuries, more than 1,000 panthers,...

People taking part in a weight loss program did better over 12 weeks if they drank diet soda than if they drank only water, researchers reported Tuesday.
Among the 303 dieters, the people who drank only water lost 8.4 pounds; those who drank diet soda...

There was a time when people drank because they were thirsty. People in desk jobs didn't give hydration much thought beyond refilling their coffee mugs. Throughout most of the 20th century, marathon runners were discouraged from drinking during exercise...

The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine announced Wednesday that it was appointing C. Randal Mills as the stem cell agency's new president and chief executive officer.
Mills, the former chief executive of Columbia,...